why do cats alwayz land on their feet

Goodie! Finally a question that I'm an expert on! I'm a former cat breeder so have all sorts of cat tidbits and knowledge. :-) If cats fall a short distance, they can almost always right themselves and land on their feet. The uniqueness of the cat's skeleton is one of the reasons they can right themselves so quickly. Cats do not have a collarbone, and the bones in their backbone have more mobility than in many other animals. For these reasons, cats have free movement of their front legs and they can easily bend and rotate their bodies. This allows them to land feet first. Their feet and legs can cushion the impact. This righting reflex begins to appear at 3-4 weeks of age, and is perfected at 7 weeks.

I always wondered the same thing lol

They do not always land on their feet, but they are great in acrobatics, and can twist themselves around with their tails etc, and are very good at doing so. Dropping cats on purpose to see this is considered abuse so please do not do this, as even though they land on their feet they can still get seriously injured even at short distance falls. - DNatureofDTrain